Re: Can I add salt without the SWG operating
Oh Horse Hockey! Eat holes in the plaster? Those poor Australians with 90% or MORE of their pools with salt systems.
I recon they have tones of pools with holes in them, mate.
It's not true. Dissolved salt does not cause any problems and will not cause holes. Your pool builder is probably just repeating what he heard from the specific pool plaster manufacturer that he uses.
Interesting question to ask, especially if they're using Sodium Hypochlorite (bleach) for the first month... how much salt do you think is in it? You would be surprised. Why aren't they afraid of the salt in the bleach causing problems?
The fact of the matter is that there has been MANY years of pool plaster "issues", WAY before salt systems came about. Since they are not sure of what causes these issues, they simply take the easy way out by blaming salt systems.
Personally, I've worked with distribution for years, dealing with pool plasters, pool builders and the Lectranator salt system (since 1986) and have been telling them to add salt straight away. Guess what? No issues if you dissolve the salt quickly. What this means is that you have to have the pump on, open the bottom drain and add your salt in the deep end, over the drain. Finally, brush the salt into the drain.
Solar salt or water softener salt (pellet or flake forms), will take a bit longer to dissolve, but again, once dissolved, there is no potential to cause damage, much less holes in the plaster.
Sean Assam
Commercial Product Sales Manager - AquaCal AutoPilot Inc. Mobile: 954-325-3859
e-mail: sean@teamhorner.com --- www.autopilot.com - www.aquacal.com
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